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EP 0 731 873 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 18.09.1996 Bulletin 1996/38 (21) Application number: 95903191.0 (22) Date of filing: 30.11.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F01D 5/ 18( . ) F01D 9/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1994/013839 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/015430 (08.06.1995 Gazette 1995/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 30.11.1993 US 19930159874 (71) Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION Hartford, CT 06101 (US)	(72) Inventor: GREEN, Dennis, J. Amston, CT 06231 (US) (74) Representative: Weydert, Robert  Dennemeyer & Associates Sàrl P.O. Box 1502 1015 Luxembourg 1015 Luxembourg (LU)